The California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) were both found to be in “clear violation” of Title IX for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Wednesday.

The ruling came weeks after transgender track and field athlete AB Hernandez won medals in high school girls’ events at the California state championships, sparking nationwide outrage. It also came four months after President Donald Trump signed the “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order, which barred transgender athletes from competing against biological women and girls.

“Although Governor Gavin Newsom admitted months ago it was ‘deeply unfair’ to allow men to compete in women’s sports, both the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation continued as recently as a few weeks ago to allow men to steal female athletes’ well-deserved accolades and to subject them to the indignity of unfair and unsafe competitions,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

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